tea break

英 [ˈtiː breɪk]

美 [ˈtiː breɪk]

n.  喝茶休息时间; 工间休息时间

牛津词典

noun

• 喝茶休息时间；工间休息时间
  a short period of time when people stop working and drink tea, coffee, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 茶歇时间(工作中间的短暂休息)
  If you have atea break, you stop working and have a cup of tea or coffee.
  1. He had a tea-break about twelve.
     十二点左右，他放下工作休息了一下。

in AM, use 美国英语用 coffee break

英英释义

noun

• a snack taken during a break in the work day
  1. a ten-minute coffee break
  2. the British have tea breaks
  Synonym:coffee break

双语例句

• The protest was peaceful, so much so that the demonstrators took a morning tea break.
  整个抗议过程是和平的，甚至达到了抗议者还有上午茶休息时间的程度。
• Surreptitiously decorate it during your tea break.
  在你下午茶时间偷偷装饰它。
• You can use your office desk during a short tea break or lunch hour to do the same.
  您可以使用你的办公桌在短期休息或午餐时间也这样做。
• The women had tea break and back to work.
  有吃茶点的休息时间，然后继续工作。
• Give up our tea break? No way!
  让我们放弃工间休息时间？没门儿！
• Tea is also great if you need a break from the mundane. But remember to limit the caffeine intake some teas are chock full of the stuff.
  如果你需要休息的话，茶也是不错的选择。但是记住要限制咖啡因的摄入有些茶的咖啡因含量非常高。
• Love is passing a cup of tea to teachers during the break.
  爱是课间休息时学生给老师送去的一杯清茶。
• "Shall we have some tea?" he asked, anxious to break the tension which was apparent on everyone's face.
  “我们喝点茶，好吗？”他问道急于驱散每个人脸上流露出来的紧张情绪。
• Do you prefer a coffee or a tea break?
  你比较喜欢喝咖啡时间还是喝茶时间？
• Several manufacturing plants have encountered serious troubles in England because of the famed British tea break.
  人们都知道英国人素有吃茶点的休息时间，这给几个生产厂家带来了很大的麻烦。